Barnsley fan Matt was kind enough to give us his thoughts on the upcoming 2015/16 campaign for the Yorkshire League One side.
HOW DID YOU FEEL THE 14/15 SEASON WENT FOR YOUR TEAM?
14/15 was a real up and down season. Started OK, then awful until February, near play-offs and going unbeaten for what felt like forever, then a rubbish, disappointing end, apart from beating Rochdale on the final day. Really set us up well for this year though in terms of some of the signings and getting Lee Johnson in.
HAVE YOU BEEN IMPRESSED WITH THE ADDITIONS MADE DURING THE SUMMER BREAK?
I've been very impressed with every signing this year. Every one you can see the reasoning behind it, which is different to our usual scatter gun approach. All young and hungry, with most turning down teams in higher leagues to sign for us. Makes a chance from the big names coming for a last pay check.
ARE THERE ANY AREAS YOU FEEL STILL NEED STRENGTHENING?
We still need one or two strikers, one with pace and one target man. Michael Smith has been mentioned recently. Apart from that, id say we need another winger, a big powerhouse central midfielder, and then and back up right back/centre half with it likely that Mason Holgate is leaving.
ARE THERE ANY FIXTURES THAT YOU'RE PARTICULARLY LOOKING FORWARD TO?
I'm obviously looking forward to Chesterfield and Burton, the first two games of the season. Apart from that, there aren't too many I'm not looking forward to. Such as Bury, Rochdale and Scunthorpe with ex managers and players, Sheff Utd and Doncaster for the bragging rights, then new grounds for me in Southend.
WHICH OPPOSITION TEAM DO YOU HAVE HIGH HOPES FOR THIS SEASON?
Unfortunately, I see Sheff Utd doing well this year. I would say that there are 4/5 teams very strong, and the rest are of a similar in terms of quality. Should be a very tight league this time, which leads me to hope our quality will see us push on.
WHICH PLAYERS AMONG YOUR SQUAD SHOULD WE BE LOOKING OUT FOR THIS TERM?
Where do I start for players to look out for? Adam Davies was quality at the end of last season for us. You've then got the young lads James Bree, Alfie Mawson, Ben Pearson, Joe Rothwell and Dan Crowley coming through already looking top drawer. Sam Winnall is guaranteed goals as if Conor Hourihane. But if I had to pick one player in particular, it would have to be Josh Scowen. Has everything to his game. The fans adore him. Think we will be hearing his name about a lot more this year, just hope we keep him for years to come.
WHERE DO YOU THINK YOU'LL END UP AT THE END OF THE SEASON?
I'm hoping we at least make play-offs. But with the team we have, there's a massive chance of us winning the league. We don't want to be too excited after what happened last season, but looking at the team it's hard to do that.
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